F4U-2 Night Fighter Corsair 1/48 scale Hobby Craft

[aaron]

Yep very inspiring, I have a revell 1:32 f4u corsair but its so old that it has raised panel lines and huge rivets.

I wish i had the skill set and tools to rescribe it, maybe one day in the future.

Even thinking about getting one in 1:48 id do it as rnzaf of course lane:

[Guest]

Colin,Aaron thanks! You should both bust out the bent wings and get cracking! I do'nt let raised panel lines bother me anymore Aaron, I just spray a contrasting color over them first and wet sand them lightly at the end and it works better for me than rescribing(still not a strong point for me)

I'm trying a more agressive approach to the preshade this time and doing a little salt chipping as well,so some silver went down first

Then the shading with black ,zinc and red brown staining

Then put some white down thinned 50% and just enough applied to not bury the preshade

[aaron]

Trey thats a great idea adding the redbrown and zinc to the preshading. It adds another dimention to the teqnique. Like it Stealing it.

I cant do my Corsair yet as i need to get around to buying rnzaf decals from Ventura. Procrastination i know.

Good luck with the salt for chipping, Its a great way to do it.

[michaelm]

Love it Trey, this going to look fantastic. The salt chipping thing is another technique I've still to try so for me as many pics as you can manage of this the better,

brilliant stuff. M

[Vaughan]

Interesting pre-shading Trey looking forward to the end result.

Vaughan

[Guest]

Aaron thanks ,hope you get the decals and get cracking on it soon! Michael thank you, I hope the pics show enough to get the basic idea . Vaughan thanks hope it lives up to the anticipation!Here is the salt application

Then after layers of varying shades of blue

the underside

after touching up the white and adding some staining

Well whats the verdict too much,not enough or just about right and leave it alone? Thanks

[aaron]

That turned out fantastic as far as i can see, exactly like the pics ive seen of these beauties in teh pacific.

Midas touch on the staining too, what did you use for that?

[Guest]

I was going to say, to me, it looked a little "overboard" on the chipping .... but. ... i has a good look through a load of images of these aircraft on carriers etc and quite a few were showing signs of serious wear and tear.....

So, simply ignore my opinion and leave it as is Trey

One site in my search stated that only 34 aircraft were converted to night fighter, not sure if thats accurate or not .... interesting though

[michaelm]

Trey, this looks amazing, question; what makes the salt stick?

[Guest]

That looks just right Trey! I'd leave it as is.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

from what i've read on this method, I think waters used, salt added and then left to go dry Michael

[aaron]

Yep water then salt added dry but i have also seen this way done with larger rock salt mixed with the water to a paste like consistancy.Its a fantastic method that has the added bonus of a "peeling" effect due to the "height" of the salt.you just cant get that effect by sponge or brush chipping.

[Vaughan]

Spot on Trey!

Vaughan

[Guest]

Lovely looking plane. I think the weathering looks fine. Planes operating in the Pacific theatre must have had a tough life. With fresh water a valuable resource, I doubt washing the aircraft was a top priority. This plane is filthy:

An - Military Aircraft Pictures armorer added another 5-inch rocket to the underside of the wing on a Chance Vought F4U Corsair.

Tony

[Guest]

Thanks Fellas ,yes just a spray mist of water then I use various salts ,sea ,table or kosher depending on the effect I want. Aaron I used very heavily thinned testors rust through the a/b for the stains and btw nice tip about the paste have'nt thought of that!The first wash after a hair raising decal session. The decals were very brittle and the port side fuse star came apart,did my best to save it.

Buffed off the first wash then applied a second especially heavy underneath

Then the second wash is starting to tone things down and bring the panel line details out